Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 49
Just as Huang Quan expected, Liu He did not besiege the isolated city, but planned to fight against the trapped beasts, and sent people to issue a letter of war to Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang, who received the letter of war, was all right. This was exactly what he expected, so the two sides made an appointment for a decisive battle the next day.

After everyone discussed and decided at night, the night passed quickly.

Before dawn, the army was already filled with smoke. The cooks were ready to eat. Before the big battle, they slaughtered cattle and sheep to feast the soldiers so that they could have a good breakfast and add weight to the balance of victory and defeat. Put on a weight.

In the Chinese army's tent, Liu Zhang was also preparing for the upcoming battle. Although he was the commander, he also needed a helmet and armor like an ordinary soldier.

At this moment, he was putting on armor under Wu Ban's service. Since his predecessor had not experienced many military operations, he felt that the armor on his body was a bit heavy.

Although he wanted to imitate a wave of Zhuge Wuhou, ride in a four-wheeled carriage, wear a turban and feather fan, command the entire army, and show off the indifferent air of a celebrity.

But after Liu Zhang thought about it carefully, he decided to forget it. The sword had no eyes on the battlefield, and a stray arrow might take away his life.

It's better to be on the safe side. Life is precious, and he managed to live another life.

After putting on his armor, he walked out of the tent with his sword in hand. He had already discussed today's actions. His generals were orderly directing the troops who had finished breakfast to walk out of the camp gate and set up formations on the designated battlefield.

The war is about to begin, and the air is filled with gunpowder smoke, revealing a tense atmosphere.

Liu Zhang took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, and then exhaled it, suppressing his rapidly beating heart and restless thoughts.

This was his first time setting foot on a battlefield in the classical era, and he was somewhat nervous and uneasy.

But within a moment, he calmed down. The more serious things happened, the calmer he became after solving them.

Huang Quan walked towards Liu Zhang from the side. He had been waiting for a long time. He was also dressed in a helmet and armor, in military uniform.

In addition to Huang Quan, there is also Gao Pei, the lieutenant general.

According to the plan last night, the other captains were directing their troops to walk in the planned direction.

Only Huang Quan and Gao Pei stayed with Liu Zhang to come up with some ideas.

"Gao Qing, Gong Heng, let's go." Without much dialogue, Liu Zhang greeted Huang Quan and Gao Pei, mounted the horses brought by his attendants, and headed for the battlefield surrounded by his own cavalry and infantry.

"No." Gao Pei and Huang Quan responded with their hands raised, also mounted their horses and set off with Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang, who was riding towards the battlefield on horseback, did not focus on his surroundings, but thought about the art of war.

From ancient times to the present, in human society, although war is cruel, it is also indispensable. It can be regarded as a topic that never stops.

War is divided into strategy and tactics. Strategy starts from the overall situation, while tactics starts from the details.

Regarding the current rebellion situation in Bajun, strategically speaking, Liu Zhang took the initiative through internal recruitment, occupied key places such as Kuimen and Jiangzhou, and successfully forced the Bajun rebels into one city.

In terms of strategy, Liu Zhang was in a winning position, and the next step was to consider tactics.

The two armies are currently facing each other. From a tactical point of view, Liu Zhang does not need to accept Liu He's letter of challenge. Although Liu He's letter of challenge is filthy and humiliates his father Liu Yan, it has the intention of provoking Liu Zhang for a duel.

But Liu Zhang didn't care about these, and he must not raise an army out of anger. When the old thief Sima faced the provocation from Zhuge Wuhou in women's clothing, he not only did not get angry, but happily put on women's clothing, and did not fall into Wuhou's provocation. .

When the current situation tilts the balance of victory to Liu Zhang, he only needs to station outside Liangping City to hang Liu He and prevent him from leaving Liangping, the armies of several wealthy families, and some Qu Shuai and their officers who were lured here by interests. With everyone crowded here, Liang Ping must be short of food and grass.

Either January or March, Liu He will be ruined.

Sometimes, by doing nothing, victory will beckon to you.

However, Liu Zhang had other ideas. He abandoned the tactic of sitting still and consuming Liu He to death.

He wanted to defeat Liu He in one fell swoop on the battlefield.

Although he has now received the imperial edict and can be regarded as a genuine Yizhou Shepherd, his prestige is insufficient and lacking.There are many ways to establish prestige. The simplest is like Liu Yan. When he first entered Yizhou, he considered that he had no prestige, so he massacred the rich clans to establish prestige, killing people until people were afraid.

Doing this is simple and quick, but it can easily lead to the current situation in Bajun, where one man makes trouble, Bajun is in turmoil, and almost the whole county rebels.

Now, it's okay. Several wealthy families with no eyesight have jumped out to rebel. Liu Zhang's conquest of these people is justified and will not be easily implemented.

This is also the reason why he has not yet issued an order to only punish the first culprits and ignore the rest, and to recruit rebellious clans.

In addition, he also had another consideration. When the rebels were weak and faced with crimes such as rebellion and annihilation, if he stated in advance that he would only punish the culprits, he would be looked down upon, and others would only think that he was afraid.

Even if Liu Zhang has this intention, he will not publicize it now. He will issue a pardon after the war is won. Such a favor is called a favor.

The preface to the war stated that the rebels would only think that they had obtained the pardon on their own merit, and would not be grateful to Liu Zhang.

Of course, everything has to be won first.

Liu Zhang was not allowed to think too much. He had already reached the position of the coach who was setting up the formation today.

This is a high ground. Although it is not very high, it is enough for the current battlefield to clearly see the situation of the two armies, and it is very suitable for the position of the commander.

"Boom."

"Boom."

One after another, the sound of powerful drums sounded. The strong man playing the drums was naked. On this cold morning when the fog had not completely dissipated, he waved his drumsticks and hit the cowhide snare drum, beating fiercely. As the strike progressed, wisps of white smoke came out of his body.

Amidst the sound of drums that resounded for miles around, Liu Zhang's soldiers, under the command of captains such as Gan Ning, Lingbao, Xu Meng, and Xi Su, obeyed the orders of the chief and corps commander and stood at the corresponding positions as required. Location.

As the saying goes: 'Fight first and then fight. 'Classical warfare requires arranging troops to form an orderly formation before fighting, and then fighting.

As a special violent institution, the army does not rely on individual bravery to fight, but organizes soldiers and uses strict training to form a mess of soldiers into formations and cooperate with each other to exert strong cohesion and propulsion.

Using formations can exponentially improve the combat capabilities of the same number of soldiers.

Even so, we should not rely too much on formations. A certain boss who slept beside the West Lake once said: "Fight after formation. The common art of war and the wonderful use of it all depend on one mind." '

Things like formations are just routines for using troops. The most important thing is to skillfully operate troops and formations according to the enemy's situation to achieve the results you want.

It's a pity that Liu Zhang was just a newbie. He followed Gao Pei's advice and established his formation honestly.

Looking up, the army under his command was divided into a number of small phalanxes shaped like fish scales. They were arranged in echelons and divided into five or six sections in total. The formation was layered one above the other. The two sides of the front end of the formation were slightly convex, and his The position of the coach is in the middle and rear of the battle formation.

'Fish scale array. '

With his own soldiers having an advantage in military training and combat skills, Liu Zhang deployed a typical offensive formation, the Fish Scale Formation. The troops were arranged in a ladder-like order. The front end was slightly concave and belonged to the offensive formation. The concentrated troops launched a fierce attack on the center of the enemy's formation.

Although the Fish Scale Formation is perfect for offense, it has a big shortcoming, that is, the tail is relatively weak, so Liu Zhang sent Wu Yi to guard the rear.

With Shu Han's chariot and cavalry generals behind him, he should be safe.

After sizing up his own formation, Liu Zhang looked at the strength and formation of the rebels in front. The rebels' strength was estimated to be around 8000, which was slightly more than his own. He had 5000 in formation today, and Gao Pei's men had more strength. He was used to stay in the main camp. Although the number of troops was smaller than that of the enemy, his soldiers had been practicing martial arts for a long time and were not comparable to the ragtag rebels.

As for the formation of the rebels.

"Huh." He couldn't help but smile. What a coincidence, Liu He also deployed the fish scale formation in an offensive posture.

It makes it look like it was taught by a master.

(End of this chapter)